Let's Color Linky Party - taking a break

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts, and sadly I don't even have a card to share today. Last couple weeks have been really busy and I still haven't had a chance to make a card...well I did make one for my dad's birthday but completely forgot to take a picture of it before it went into the mail. And he lives all the way in Germany, no way to take a picture afterwards :-( So nothing new to share...

Today is supposed to be the new post for the "Let's Color Linky party" but I had to come to the decision at this time to put the linky party on hold. This will also be the case with my Critters and Creatures Linky Party. I just don't seem to be able to get much paper crafting done! I am hoping to bring back the linky parties in the new year, but maybe not until February, because my husband is having a week of vacation this Christmas and so I don't want to spend the time card making. 

(This is just for the linky parties and I do still plan on posting creations when I make something, so not taking an actual blogging break.)

I do want to thank you all for your support of my linky  party over the last year, it was wonderful coming to visit your blogs and seeing your creations!

Time to announce the top choices from last month's linky party, my theme of "Christmas Foliage" did not seem very popular, but the entries following the theme were  gorgeous!

Patty Sue 2

 Jackie C.

 

Vivian

 Congratulations!!

Your top choice logo is below :-)

 And that is all for now. I will be back tomorrow and will finally have something new to share then!

Enjoy your Saturday!

Let's color Linky Party 14 - November

Good morning, happy Saturday! November already and time for a new Let's Color Linky party.
I have a decided to change it up a little bit, and starting with this linky party, there are going to be monthly themes. I might change back to anything goes but for now I'd like to challenge everyone a bit by selecting themes. Hope you'll still come join in!

Thank you all for playing along last month. It's always great visiting your blogs. Be sure to scroll down to see if your entry was a top choice.

The November theme  is:

Winter Foliage 
(christmas trees, pines, poinsettias, holly, mistletoe etc.)

(Must include hand coloring of course!) 

I decided to ink up a wreath stamp by PSX. It's actually been heat embossed on bristol vellum card stock and then colored using a mix of Distress and Zig Clean Color markers. Stickles glitter was applied to the golden fruit and Wink of Stella to the red berries and tiny flowers. Sentiment is by SU and also heat embossed. I matted the image panel onto shiny gold card stock and then used SU card stock for my card base.

A close up below, isn't this stamp just gorgeous!! I love all the details!

This card is listed in my Etsy shop if you're interested. 

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Now onto the top choices. As always it was so hard to choose but I did manage and here they are in no particular order.

Maike


Ema

Sweetpea

Congratulations ladies!! Well done! Your top pick badge for your blogs is below:



 And now it's time to get coloring again. Can't wait to see your creations!

A few things to remember:
Must include something colored

Blog post must include link back here

Unlimited entries and feel free to combine with other challenges

No back linking to older projects

*New: monthly themes*

Have fun coloring Christmas Foliage! You have until November 30th, 10am CST to link up.

ETA 5/20/18:
To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Let's Color Linky Party 13

Happy Saturday and Happy World Card-making Day!!
A warm welcome to my new followers!

October already and also time for a new Let's Color Linky party!! Hope you'll play along this month! It's always so nice to see many of you join. A huge thank you to everyone that played along last month. Be sure to scroll down to see if your entry was a top choice.

As always the theme here is "Anything goes" as long as it is something hand colored. Use any of your coloring mediums, share any type of craft or even just a completed coloring page. 

Since Fall is here and beautiful colors everywhere I decided to use fall colors on my card today. At least I tried to. I just love the rich colors of fall.

The cute kitty is by Penny Black, stamped onto xpress it blending card and colored with copic markers. Wink of Stella was applied to all the flowers but it's really hard to see in the photo. I embellished with some twine and finished off the card with some machine sewing. Love this cute stamp!! But then again, I am obsessed with all Penny Black critters :-)

Here is another view:

You can see some of the sparkle above.

Card has been listed in my Etsy shop, if you're interested :-)

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Now onto the top picks, as always it's hard to choose, but I did narrow it down and this time I picked some gorgeous fall themed entries, listed in no particular order. Each one beautifully done!


Cornelia


Lesia Cook



Vicki ODell
 

Congratulations ladies, below is your top pick badge!

  And now it's time to get coloring again. Can't wait to see what you all come up with this time.
You have until October 31st to play along. Simply leave a link to your blog post or online gallery (Flickr or Splitcoaststampers) using inlinkz below. Very sorry but I won't comment on pinterest, instagam, or facebook entries. Thank you for understanding.

A few reminders:
Must include something colored

Blog post must include link back here

Unlimited entries and feel free to combine with other challenges

No back linking to older projects please

Anything goes with something colored

ETA 5/20/18:

To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Let's Color Linky Party 12

Hello and welcome to the September Let's Color Linky Party, where anything  colored (by you) goes!

It was great seeing so many of you join in again last month, lots of wonderful entries! Be sure to scroll down to see if your creation is being featured below!

For today I inked up one of my  new Penny Black stamps - Poppy Gems, and if you're interested in this stamp, check out my etsy shop, I have just added some new stamps and a couple
Christmas dies, simply click on the Etsy Mini in my sidebar. 

For today I decided to play with my zig clean color brush pens, they have been neglected for a long time, but I thought these poppies would look great watercolored. I really need more water color practice! I went for a bit of a messy look and added some random watercolor spots and used greens and blues around the flowers. Decided to stamp some random words onto the background too using antique linen distress ink and a clear stamp from Whimsy Stamps. The sentiment was stamped using versafine onyx ink and is from the Penny Black set "Heartfelt".
Finished the card off by layering onto black card stock , did some machine sewing and then I used a light green card base. Oh, and I used Winsor & Newton watercolor marker paper (my favorite to use for watercolor techniques using markers) for the poppies, which were stamped in versafine onyx ink. 

Now onto the top choices, it's always so hard to choose favorites from all the beautiful entries, but as always I managed and here are the top picks in no particular order. Each one very different from the other, and each one gorgeous!

Borqna
 

Blue Daisy

Helen

Congratulations to the 3 of you!

Below is your top pick badge for your side bars.

Now it's time to get coloring again, can't wait to see what you choose to do this time around!

A few reminders:
Must include something colored

Blog post must include link back here

Unlimited entries and feel free to combine with other challenges

Anything goes with something colored

Please note, I always try to comment on all your entries, if you haven't heard from me then it's most likely because your blog requires google plus or it's listed in a gallery that I am not a member of.

But I do visit all entries and all will be considered for top choices! 

Have a wonderful Saturday everyone, hope you have some fun things planned.

I'll be back again tomorrow with another card :-)

ETA 5/20/18:
To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Let's Color Linky Party 11

Hello everyone and welcome to the new Let's Color Linky Party! As some of you may know I took the month of July off from the linky party but happy to be back now. School will be starting again here in less than two weeks and things should be back to normal soon. Not happy that summer break is ending already but I am one of those rare people that prefer cold over hot weather and I am just ready for some cooler days. My body just doesn't tolerate the heat well, especially over 100 degree weather which we had to deal with recently.

Thank you so much everyone for playing along in my June linky party! Be sure to scroll down to see if your creation was a top pick.

As usual, 

anything goes here as long as it is something you colored. 

Doesn't have to be a card, this can be a home decor item, scrapbook page, completed coloring page, artist trading card, etc.

For my creation today I colored up one of Mo Manning's cute images, I wanted to play along again in Mo's challenge :-) 

I got a new (my first) DSLR camera for my birthday, love it, but need to figure out a way how to eliminate the rather dark background. I use a daylight (OTT) lamp, but I am sure it doesn't help to take these photos at 10pm at night. Might have to invest in a lightbox or build one. I even tried playing with a photo software, but can't get the background to light up, although I am using a white sheet as my backdrop. Would love to hear any tips you may have. If you use a light box, do you use more than one lamp?  I really need to educate myself. Maybe taking photos in daylight would be the answer. 

Anyway, I used my Faber Castell polychromos pencils on Neenah solar crest card stock. A lot of time was spent on coloring doing the "burnishing" technique. Love this look but it does take a really long time to get finished, probably took me about 3 hours (or more) to do just the coloring. 

Card itself has been kept CAS, but I did do some machine sewing. 

This card is now also listed in my Etsy shop if you are interested.
Card has been sold.

Closeup view:

As mentioned above, I am playing along in Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge where anything goes with a Mo Manning image. 

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And now onto the top 3 from the June entries. As always it is hard to narrow it down to just 3, but  I did manage and here they are in no particular order:

Jackie 

Ursula

 

Rosemary

 

Congratulations ladies, below is your top pick badge for your blogs :-)

 Now it's time for you to color again. Can't wait to see what you choose!
You have until August 31st, 8pm CST to play along. Simply link your blog post below. (Unfortunately for now I have to use text links as my inlinkz account expired and the price has doubled).

Just a few reminders:
Must include something colored

Blog post must include link back here

Unlimited entries and feel free to combine with other challenges

Anything goes with something colored

PS: Just a quick note to mention that I try my very best to comment on all your entries. However, I cannot comment on blogs requiring a google plus account, and I might be unable to comment on some online gallery entries. I do have a Splitcoast account and Flickr account, but I am sure there are some galleries or forums that I am not a member of and therefore won't be able to comment.

ETA 5/20/18:

To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Let's Color Linky Party 10

Hello and thanks so much for visiting! Can't believe it's already June. This is going to be a really busy (but fun) month for me - I have family visiting from overseas - and I won't be spending much time online. But I didn't want to close the linky party as I have a paid subscription with inlinkz and wanted to get the most out of it. 

Thank you all that played along last month! There were lots of wonderful entries and it's always fun to see what you all have been coloring. I try to comment on every entry, but just to let you know, I am unable to comment on entries requiring a google plus account. I also haven't commented on instagram entries, because I do my commenting on my laptop and don't remember my instagram password which I would need on my laptop to log in. But I do appreciate all entries and of course they are all being considered for top picks.  

Be sure to scroll down to see if your entry was chosen as a top pick. 

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Here is what I created for the Let's Color Linky Party 10.

This funny stamp set "The Odd Couple" is from the May Whimsy Stamps release and includes several sentiments too, like the one I have used. I will be stamping "happily ever after" on the bottom right inside, which is also part of the set, but haven't had time yet to work on the inside of the card.
I colored with Zig clean color brush pens on winsor & newton watercolor marker paper, then matted onto pink card stock and I used some pretty paper to frame the cute image. I just love the looks on the critters faces :-)

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Now onto the top picks from last month. It was really hard, it always is, with so many amazing entries. But I did manage and here they are in no particular order:

Peggy 

 

Love this technique. Peggy posted a link to the tutorial on her blog, if you'd like to find out how this is done, be sure to visit her blog for the link.

Andrea

Andrea did an amazing job coloring this cute Siamese kitty. It's always challenging for me to color cats anything but one color.

Deonna 

Love how Deonna's ocean background turned out using watercolors. 

Congratulations ladies, below is your top pick badge :-)

Now it's time to get coloring again. Please remember that this month I am really busy and most likely will be very behind with commenting. I am also considering taking a break from the linky party during July, to catch up on commenting and picking top choices, but I will post the top choices with the following linky, which might be the first Saturday in August.

Happy coloring everyone!!
You have until June 28th 10am to link up.

ETA 5/20/18:
To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Ice Cream Truck

I have a cute card to share today using the new clear set Ice Cream Truck from Whimsy's recent release. This set was illustrated by Krista Heij-Barber. Love her style and I find her images so easy to color with Zig Clean Color brush pens. 

 

This cute truck was stamped onto Bristol Velum card stock and colored with the Zig brush pens using an aquamarker. This set also includes some cute ice cream cones, the music notes I used over th sentiment and a sentiment, but I used a sentiment from the set Bottle cap greetings. Unfortunately I just realized that it must have retired, as I cannot find it in the Whimsy shop anymore. But I did find the bottle cap die (not used on my card) in the retiring section. Oh, and if you are looking for some fun stamps on clearance, check out the Whimsy Stamps clearance section for some great deals.

I kept the card CAS, simply embellished with sequins and clear Wink of Stella was added to the ice cream. Yes, it's hard to see, but I like the subtle shimmer.

Also, don't forget about my Let's Color Linky Party. I am now running it monthly, so I have just moved the linky over here to this post. You have another week to play along :-) If you'd like to see the original post for Let's Color Linky Party 9 with the top choice winners simply click here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

ETA 5/20/18:
To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Let's Color Linky Party 9

Hello and welcome to another Let's Color Linky party where

Anything Goes with something colored!

I have made a tiny little change, starting today, this linky party will be monthly, as I am having some serious issues with lost crafting mojo and generally feeling a little down too on top of that. Not a good combination...
Maybe I'll do some more garden work this weekend, that might help cheer me up. I bought a few raspberry plants the other day, that are still waiting to get planted, and still more work to do to prepare my garden for the vegetable plants....

Thank you all that played along in the last linky party. It was fun seeing all your wonderful entries. Be sure to scroll down to see if you were one of the top choices.

For today I made a CAS get well card.

The image is actually from a baking set from Whimsy Stamps (Baked with Love), but I thought these cute bowls would make a cute get well card. 

Bowls were stamped onto watercolor marker card stock (Winsor & Newton) and water colored with Zig clean color brush pens. The border around the image was done freehand using a thin micron pen. Ivory jute twine and some sequins were used as embellishments, and I also added a layered butterfly. Finished off the card by adding some washi tape. The sentiment is from the set Everyday Moments, also from Whimsy Stamps. I think the designer paper is from a newer pattern pack I picked up from Joann's.

A little close up below.

I have listed this card in my Etsy shop.

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Now onto my top choices, as always it wasn't easy to choose, but I did manage and here are my favorite 3 in no particular order:

Donna Ellis
I just love how she colored the leaves and flowers, a beautiful overall design.

J. Atterbury Creations
also a beautiful design, and love how she colored each butterfly a different color.

 Cicci vid pennan
This beautiful piece of art has all been hand drawn and hand colored by Cicci.

 Wish I had those kind of copic skills!!!!

Congratulations!!! Wonderful coloring/drawing everyone!
Below is your top choice logo for your side bar.



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Now it's time to get out those pencils/markers/pens/inks again and get coloring!!!
This linky party will stay open until May 31st, a new linky party will start Saturday, June 4th!
Can't wait to see what you all will be coloring up this time!

Just a few reminders:
Must include something colored

Blog post must include link back here

Unlimited entries and feel free to combine with other challenges

Anything goes with something colored

ETA 5/20/18:

To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Let's Color Linky Party 8

Happy weekend and welcome to another Let's Color Linky party :-)

The last two weeks went by so fast, I almost didn't get something done for today. I really admire all of you that get to create something every day,  or every other day, please tell me your tips on how you manage to get time for card making every single day! I am even a full time stay at home mom and it seems like I spend most of my mornings doing chores around the house and by the time I am done it's about time for the kids to come home from school. So I am seriously looking for tips on how to manage my time better!!

Thank you all that played along in the last Let's Color Linky Party. It was lots of fun visiting you all! Be sure to scroll down to see if your entry was one of the top choices!

 As usual, the theme here is

Anything Goes with Something Colored

And here is what I made using a cute stamp from Whimsy's Lee Holland collection

(Bunny on Present). 

I used copic markers on xpress it blending card for coloring and I fussy cut the image to fit the design.

The sketch is from this week's MFT sketch challenge (sketch 277). I used designer papers from my stash (I am pretty sure they are all by SU but retired.) Sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps set Everyday Moments. 
A stencil was used to add a subtle dotted design on the white card front. I finished off the card by adding a button and some twine.

This card is listed in my Etsy shop if you're interested.

 

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Now onto the top choices from last week, it's always hard to choose but I did manage, so here are my top choices in no particular order.

Julie 

 

Deborah

Francesca

 

Congratulations ladies! Below is your top choice logo, if you'd like to place it on your side bars. 

Now it's time to get coloring again!

Can't wait to see what you do this time! You have until Friday May 6th 10am CST to link up. 

Just a few reminders:
Must include something colored

Blog post must include link back here

Unlimited entries and feel free to combine with other challenges

Anything goes with something colored

ETA 5/20/18:

To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.

Let's Color - Linky Party 7

Good Morning and Welcome to the new Let's Color Linky Party! 

Wonderful entries again over the last two weeks, thanks so much to everyone that played along! Be sure to scroll down to see if your entry was chosen as a top pick! I just completed visiting you all, if you haven't received a comment from me it's because commenting required a google plus account or I am not a member of the gallery you posted your creation to. But I am pretty sure I was able to leave a comment on each entry this time :-)

As always the theme is

Anything Goes with Something Colored

Here is what I made:

For my card today I inked up the cute stamp set "Jillian and Friends" from Whimsy Stamps' March release. 

I used mainly copics for coloring, but also used two colored pencils for her hair, in addition to copic marker E50. I like to use this technique when the image is very detailed, to prevent ink from the copic marker bleeding out of the lines.  I used memento ink on xpress it blending card for the image.

All other papers are from Stampin up. 

Sentiment is part of the Whimsy Stamp set. I embellished with some ribbon and twine and a button. 

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It is never easy to choose the top picks, but I did manage, and here they are in no particular order:

Pat 

 

Sanja

Donna 

 

Well done everyone, below is your Top Pick badge!

 

Can't wait to see what everyone is going to be coloring this time!!

You have until April 22nd 10AM EST to play along!

Just a few reminders:
Must include something colored

Blog post must include link back here

Unlimited entries and feel free to combine with other challenges

Anything goes with something colored

ETA 5/20/18:

To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.